Refreshment holder for tubular furniture



Dec. 31, 1963 R. s. Rlsljou v 3,11

REFRESl-MENT HOLDER FOR TUBULAR FURNITURE Filed Aug. 27, 1962 /3lNViINTOR.

zed]; Roi J. 31512011 United States Patent Ofilice 3,1llifiiti PatentedDec. 31, 1963 3,116,046 REFRESHMENT HQLDER FUR TUBULAR FURNITURE Roy S.Risdon, 751 Dogwood Road, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Filed Aug. 27, 1962, Ser. No. 219,489 3 Claims. (ill. Mid-231) Mypresent invention relates to supports and more particularly to a holderfor use in connection with garden furniture of tubular construction whenserving liquid refreshments.

An object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive andpractical support for holding a glass or the like, which is constructedof a single unitary sheet of metal that may be conveniently attached toan upright portion of a table, chair or chaise lounge constructed ofaluminum tubing without any additional securing means.

Another object of my invention is to provide a practical articlesupporting means of novel, simple and inexpensive construction which canbe easily clamped as a unit to an upright portion of tubular typefurniture such as is commonly employed in outdoor living areas.

Other objects and advantages will be in part evident to those skilled inthe art and in part pointed out hereinafter in connection with theaccompanying drawing, wherein there is shown by way of illustration andnot of limitation a preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the drawing wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout theseveral views:

FIGURE 1 is a side view of the support,

FIGURE 2 is a back view of the support as shown in FIGURE 1,

FIGURE 3 is a plan view of the support as shown in FIGURE 1,

FIGURE 4 shows my invention as applied to the arm supporting portion ofa chair constructed of tubular members,

FIGURE 5 is a developed view showing the shape of the blank from whichthe device as shown in FIGURE 1 of the drawing is formed, and

FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary view showing my invention in more detail asapplied to a vertical tube.

A novel and outstanding aspect of the present invention is considered toreside in the fact that my holder or refreshment supporting device isconstructed from a single sheet or strip of material and preferably asheet of aluminum or stainless steel having a stillness which whenformed as described will provide a clamping grip upon a member of thefurniture with which it is to the used.

As illustrated in FIGURES l, 2 and 3 of the drawings the device isformed from the single sheet of material, designated generally by thenumeral It by rolling and/ or otherwise shaping portions thereof toprovide a relatively large open-ended cylinder 11 from one side of whichthere extends a pair of spaced clips 12. and between which there is acooperating wider clip 13. Adjacent the clip 13 there is an additionaltongue-like extension 14 that is bent inwardly in a reversely curvedmanner that is located within the cylindrical portion 11 of the device.

As illustrated in FIGURE 4, the intermediate or main portion of thesheet of material It forms the cylinder 11, from which tongues 15 whenrolled in a reversed direction from the main body portion 11 of thesheet material will form the clamping clips 12. At the other end of theblank l0 and extending from the cylinder portion 11 there is a centraltongue 16 which when rolled likewise in a reverse manner from thecylindrical portion 11 will form the intermediate clip 13' andimmediately below the extending tongue portion 16 the blank It as hereshown, has an extending tongue 17 which when rolled as above describedwill form the bracket 14 within the lower end of the cylindrical portion11 of the device. When the sheet of material It) is rolled up in themanner described the spaced clips 12 and the intermediate clip 13 Willbe normally positioned slightly out of circular alignment so that whenthese clip-forming members are placed around a tubular support bycompressing the cylindrical portion 11 a clamping action will beprovided thereby when the cylindrical portion 11 is allowed to expand byremoval of the compressive force therefrom. In other words, when beingapplied to a piece of furniture the operator will grasp the cylindricalportion 11 and by applying a compressive force the spaced clips 12 andthe intermediate clip 13 will be displaced in such a manner that themember to which the device is to be attached, may be positionedtherebetween and following this when released the spring-like effect ofthe cylindrical portion 11 will tend to return to its truly cylindricalform and thus cause the space clips 12. and intermediate clip 13 toengage the tubular supporting member with a clamping action.

As shown in FIGURE 5 it is contemplated that my device will find itsgreatest use in connection with outdoor furniture such as is nowcommonly constructed of aluminum tubing and for appearance it ispreferred that a stiff sheet of aluminum would constitute a suitablematerial, however it is to be understood that the blank 10 might also beof other material as for example, stainless steel or a flexible plasticmaterial. The manner in which the device is mounted upon a cylindricalportion 18 of the furniture which may be an arm supporting member of achair or upon a similar portion of a chaise lounge, a hammock or thevertical leg of a table as a support for a glass is shown in more detailin FIGURE 6 of the draw- While I have, for the sake of clearness and inorder to disclose my invention so that the same can be readilyunderstood, described and illustrated a specific form and arrangement, Idesire to have it understood that this invention is not limited to thespecific form disclosed, but may be embodied in other ways that willsuggest themselves to persons skilled in the art. It is believed thatthis invention is new and all such changes as come within the scope ofthe appended claims are to be considered as part of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

l. A detachable article supporting means for tubular garden furniture,comprising a single elongated sheet of material having a major portionrolled to form a substantially complete open ended cylinder and havingtwo spaced extending tongue-like portions rolled in an oppositedirection outwardly from said cylinder, a central tongue portionlikewise also rolled in a reversed direction and outwardly from saidcylinder, said rolled tongue-like portions being disposed in alignment,and an additional tongue-like extension bent inwardly and shaped to forma support within said cylinder for a glass or other article,characterized by the fact that said sheet of material is of sufiicientspring-like material to retain the support in a clamped manner upon asubstantially vertically extending tubular portion of the gardenfurniture when said reversely rolled tongue portions are positionedtherearound.

2. A support for use with garden furniture of tubular constructionconsisting of an elongated sheet of relatively stiff material having itsmajor portion rolled in the form of a substantially complete cylinder,two spaced clip forming tongues ext-ending from one end of said sheetrolled in an opposite direction, a central tongue portion likewiserolled in a reversed direction at the other end of said sheet anddisposed in alignment between said two spaced clip forming tongues, andan additional tonguelike extension bent inwardly below said lattertongue and shaped to form a bottom in said cylinder for supporting aglass or other article positioned Within the cylindrical portion of saidmember, all characterized by the fact that said sheet of material is ofsuflicient spring-like material to retain said clip forming tongues andsaid central tongue in clamped engagement upon any substantiallyvertical tubular portion of the garden furniture.

3. A refreshment supporting device for use with outdoor furniture havingvertically extending tubular members, comprising an elongated sheet ofmaterial having a substantial portion thereof of uniform width rolled inthe form. of a substantially complete open-ended cylinder, a pair ofspaced tongue-like extensions at one end of said sheet of materialrolled outwardly in an opposite direction with respect to the rolledcylindrical portion of said sheet, a single tongue-like extension at theother end of said sheet also rolled in an opposite direction outwardlyfrom the rolled cylindrical portion and disposed between and inalignment with said two spaced clip-forming tongues, and a thirdtongue-like extension adjacent said single tongue-like extension bentinwardly and forming a supporting bracket Within the rolled cylindricalportion of said sheet when clamped upon a vertical member of thefurniture by said spaced clip-forming tongues and said singletongue-like extension.

Referenees (Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS451,097 Wilkinson Apr. 28, 1891 834,979 Herman Nov. 6, 1906 1,086,541Lailer Feb. 10, 1914 2,191,782 Valarie Feb. 27, 1940 2,632,320 Liss Mar.24, 1953 2,708,062 Poyer May 10, 1955 3,003,679 Powell Nov. 14, 1961

1. A DETACHABLE ARTICLE SUPPORTING MEANS FOR TUBULAR GARDEN FURNITURE,COMPRISING A SINGLE ELONGATED SHEET OF MATERIAL HAVING A MAJOR PORTIONROLLED TO FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE OPEN ENDED CYLINDER AND HAVINGTWO SPACED EXTENDING TONGUE-LIKE PORTIONS ROLLED IN AN OPPOSITEDIRECTION OUTWARDLY FROM SAID CYLINDER, A CENTRAL TONGUE PORTIONLIKEWISE ALSO ROLLED IN A REVERSED DIRECTION AND OUTWARDLY FROM SAIDCYLINDER, SAID ROLLED TONGUE-LIKE PORTIONS BEING DISPOSED IN ALIGNMENT,AND AN ADDITIONAL TONGUE-LIKE EXTENSION BENT INWARDLY AND SHAPED TO FORMA SUPPORT WITHIN SAID CYLINDER FOR A GLASS OR OTHER ARTICLE,CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT SAID SHEET OF MATERIAL IS OF SUFFICIENTSPRING-LIKE MATERIAL TO RETAIN THE SUPPORT IN A CLAMPED MANNER UPON ASUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING TUBULAR PORTION OF THE GARDENFURNITURE WHEN SAID REVERSELY ROLLED TONGUE PORTIONS ARE POSITIONEDTHEREAROUND.